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includes species of probable occurrence in the region, but not as yet 

 positively known to the writer to have been found there. As most of 

 them are natural to the region, the conservatism here shown is the more 

 commendable. As said in the ' Introduction ' : "That the present paper 

 may serve as a basis for future observations is the chief excuse for its 

 existence. With this purpose in view much care has been exercised to 

 avoid the inclusion of any but perfectly reliable records. All but four 

 species have been personally identified by the writer, either in the field or 

 from specimens in local collections ; and these four exceptions have been 

 admitted only upon what has been considered satisfactory evidence of 

 their occurrence." The paper is based mainly on observations made by 

 the writer between February 8, 1890 and April 9, 1894. O^ the 183 

 species noted, 30 are classified as permanent residents, 61 as summer 

 residents, and 57 as transient visitors, and these latter are further subdi- 

 vided in accordance with their manner of occurrence. The annotations 

 are often quite extended, relating to the nesting habits of the species 

 as well as to their relative abundance and seasons of occurrence. The 

 nomenclature is that of the A. O. U. Check-List, and includes the names 

 of the higher groups as well as those of the species. Also various fami-- 

 liar text illustrations are introduced. — J. A. A. 



Publications Received. — Bocage, J. V. Barboza. Aves d'Africa de que 

 existem no Museu de Lisboa os exemplares typicos. (Jorn. de Scien. 

 Math., Phys. e Nat., Lisboa, IV, No. XV, pp. 179-186, 1896.) 



Chamberlain, Montague. Nuttall's Ornithology, 2d rev. ed., 2 vols., 

 crown 8vo., Boston, 1896. Little, Brown and Co. (Cloth, $7.50, net; 

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Chapman, Frank M. Notes on Birds observed in Yucatan. (Bull. Am. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist. VIII, Dec. 1896, pp. 271-290.) 



Committee Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. Digest of the Observations of the 

 Migrations of Birds at Lighthouses and Lightships, 1880-1S87. 8vo., pp. 

 27. 1896. 



Knowlton, F. H. The Carolina Paroquet. (The Feather, Oct., 1896 pp. 



32, 33-) 



Lee, Oswin A. J. Among British » Birds in their Nesting Haunts. 

 Illustrated by the Camera. Part I. Folio, pp. 39, pll. x. David Douglass, 

 Edinburgh, 1896. 



Lucas, Frederic A. The Cranium of Pallas's Cormorant. (Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., XVIII, No. 1095.) 



North, Alfred J. A List of the Insectivorous Birds of New South 

 Wales. 8vo., pp. 18, 10 col. pll. 1S96. 



Oberholser, Harry C. A preliminary List of the Birds of Wayne 

 County, Ohio. (Bull. Ohio Agr. Exper. Station, I, No. 4, pp. ii, 243-254, 

 July, 1896.) 



